For some reason, I thought this case was already adjudicated. It is an interesting look at the Canadian constitution through a beer lens. There are similar laws in the United States (including North Carolina and South Carolina), however, I don’t remember ever hearing anyone getting arrested for smuggling alcohol from one state to another.

There are not going to stop this pub from being built. Maybe all the noise they make will make it harder for the pub to gain traction, but it will be built and lots of people will drink there. The San Diego craft beer community needs to move and beat AB by making better beer and being cooler people. Provide a better and more organic atmosphere then you will get at a big corporate pub. You can tell the difference when going into a locally owned bar and a corporate franchise. Make that and a much better beer selection your selling points.

This is something happening in small towns all across the state of North Carolina. Many of these towns are trying to attract tourists from in and outside of the state. They are attempting to make themselves destinations for people to spend long weekends relaxing in the clean country air. That is why it is interesting to watch the clash of these small towns with the people they are trying to attract. Again, this is why I don’t think the people who passed HB2 though past the immediate bump from their voters about what they were doing. Not all the tourists you are trying to attract fit into your traditional definition of a couple or a family.